§ 8-7. Butte County Emergency Services Officer; powers and duties.

There is hereby created the position of Butte County Emergency Services Officer. The individual so selected shall be responsible to the chief administrative officer for the day-to-day management of the emergency management program and responsible to the director during emergency situations. His or her powers and duties are:

(a)

To coordinate the activities of all emergency services both in pre-emergency planning, during an emergency, and in post-emergency activities by functioning as the chief staff officer to the director, Butte County Office of Emergency Management.

(b)

To serve as a non-voting member of the disaster council.

(c)

To organize and develop the Butte County Emergency Management program.

(d)

To carry out any of the duties delegated by the director.

(e)

To administer the regular office staff of the Butte County Office of Emergency Management.

(f)

To prepare an annual budget for the Office of Emergency Management.

(g)

To prepare and maintain the basic emergency plan for Butte County and to submit such plan to the disaster council for approval. Such plan shall be consistent with the state and national plans. Such county emergency plan shall provide for the effective mobilization of all the resources of the county, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, state of emergency, or state of war emergency and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services, and staff of the emergency organization.

(h)

To assist service chiefs in the preparation of service annexes, and to make recommendations thereon to the disaster council.

(i)

To prepare and submit all civil defense reports required by the civil defense agencies of the federal government and the State of California.

(j)

To review and approve or disapprove applications of several jurisdictions within the Butte County Operational Area participating in the federal contributions and surplus property programs, and to maintain inventories of such equipment. Those cities and towns and special districts desiring to carry out their own programs in this regard shall do so.

(k)

To develop emergency operation plans and capabilities in such areas as are not normally a function of any particular department of the county or cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs, and the Town of Paradise, and to make recommendations regarding such plans to the disaster council.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 1, 12-10-96; Ord. No. 4002, § 1, 4-7-09)